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JimDrew · 29 August 2018, 05:29

Using the EMPLANT board with FUSION will give you a better/more accurate Mac emulation. The EMPLANT board is not merely a ROM dongle as some have suggested. I basically designed the Mac II motherboard onto a Zorro II card. So, the VIAs, SCC (serial), and SCSI ports are 100% identical to a real Mac. When you setup the Mac SCSI using one of the various driver programs it works exactly like a Mac's SCSI port - because it is.

Speed is slightly faster when using the EMPLANT board as well because the VIAs do not have to be emulated, they are real hardware on the EMPLANT board. The 060 works with last version of MAC II, but works hands down better with FUSION. The 060 does work with the e586DX emulation, but it also works better with PCx.

29 August 2018, 05:29	#19
JimDrew Registered User Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Lake Havasu City, AZ Posts: 741	Using the EMPLANT board with FUSION will give you a better/more accurate Mac emulation. The EMPLANT board is not merely a ROM dongle as some have suggested. I basically designed the Mac II motherboard onto a Zorro II card. So, the VIAs, SCC (serial), and SCSI ports are 100% identical to a real Mac. When you setup the Mac SCSI using one of the various driver programs it works exactly like a Mac's SCSI port - because it is. Speed is slightly faster when using the EMPLANT board as well because the VIAs do not have to be emulated, they are real hardware on the EMPLANT board. The 060 works with last version of MAC II, but works hands down better with FUSION. The 060 does work with the e586DX emulation, but it also works better with PCx.